Category Archives: mural

Listowel Mural

After months of planning, it was such a pleasure to spend last week in the handball alley in Listowel, Co. Kerry. I mentored local artists Eimear O’Connor, Erin Halpin and Michelle Quinn in working on a mural. The designs are based on small scale papercuts that were enlarged to create a colourful work of public art inspired by Junior Griffin’s poem “Memories of the Ball Alley in Listowel” and the people, sporting life and cultural traditions of Listowel and North Kerry. I am looking forward to the launch of the mural and to showing some of my own recent paintings in St. John’s Theatre and Arts Centre on Saturday. Big thanks to Aideen Wylde, curator in residence Maire Logue of St. John’s Theatre and Arts Centre and to Listowel Tidy Towns.

Graiguenamanagh Mural

I just completed this mural in Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny. It is a stylised representation of the town on the gable end of ‘the Anchor’. You’ll see it just before you cross the bridge over the river Barrow into Tinnahich, Co. Carlow. It depicts Brandon Hill, Duiske Abbey, the seven-arch hump back bridge, Abbey Hall, the lock keeper’s cottage in Lower Tinnahich and two local shoppers. This is an initiative of Kilkenny County Council and Kilkenny Chamber supported by the Department of Rural and Community Development.

FB AIR Program Commission, Ballsbridge, Dublin

FB AIR Program Commission, Balllsbridge, Dublin

‘Between You and Me’, FB AIR Program Commission, Balllsbridge, Dublin

In June I was commissioned by the Facebook Artist-in-Residence Program to make a mural for the new Facebook offices in Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland. Click photo for more images. Photography: Louis Haugh and Arcade Film.